“The Bible is not a policy document, but its vision of all flourishing, including creation, is unequivocally clear.” Tim Costello on the environment and Scott Morrison, our Christian PM.
“The Bible is not a policy document, but its vision of all flourishing, including creation, is unequivocally clear.” Tim Costello on the environment and Scott Morrison, our Christian PM.
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” reads the sign at the entrance to hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy (readers of my columns might be familiar with the feeling). That line is surely the most famous of one of the most famous and influential literary works in history.
It’s eighty years ago this month since C.S. Lewis — an Oxford don almost entirely unknown to the public — stepped up to the microphone at the London headquarters of the BBC, to give the first of the wartime broadcasts that would later become the much-loved book, “Mere Christianity”.
Natasha Moore ponders what 14th-century anchoress Julian of Norwich might teach us about holding onto hope in difficult times.
Mark Stephens reflects on religious affiliation and the upcoming 2021 Australian census.
Simon Smart reflects on the findings of a recent report by the Anglican Church of Australia into domestic abuse within its ranks.
Justine Toh writes about why we need Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso in lockdown – and why we might need God as well.
Natasha Moore reflects on the startling theme of this year’s Dark Mofo festival in Hobart: Come to the Cross.
In light of Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce, Barney Zwartz reflects on the Bible’s understanding of marriage.
Mark Stephens on the election of a Sydney Anglican Archbishop from a non-European background, and the diversity of global Christianity.
Barney Zwartz muses on the relationship between prayer and music as avenues for the inexpressible cries of the human soul.
Anna Grummitt on what Khloé Kardashian’s reaction to an unapproved photo reveals about our desire for control and fear of rejection.
